Hanging

Hanging by two ropes
tied up by the two
neither pulling nor pushing
arbitrarily i am floating
The very ropes that tie me together
rip me apart.
Holding me up right
choking me up tight
Pulling me down, gravity
too strong to let go
too weak to give up
Efforts give off prizes they say
Efforts mine, but prizes they take away
Never too enough for the rope to stay
Connected too much for me to let go
I wish sometimes they'd choke me more
breaks my trachea with a dying snore.